> On 25 Jul 2022, at 5:42 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 2:28 PM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: >> "Creation of ARIN will give the users of IP numbers (mostly Internet service >> providers, corporations and other large institutions) a voice in the >> policies by which they are managed and allocated within the North American >> region.” >> >> Internet Moves Toward Privatization, National Science Foundation, June 1997 >> <https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102819> >> >> If you’re a legacy resource holder, it’s best to recognize that ARIN’s >> formation was precisely so >> that you could gain the ability to participate & gain a voice in policy >> development for management >> of the registry (as opposed to having it set by some US government >> contractor or bureaucrat.) >> i.e. it’s a lot less murky than you suggest. > > Hi John, > > Respectfully, you're dissembling here, offering a claim that's a half > truth at best. To secure the community's cooperation at the time, ARIN > repeatedly promised that it would not apply any new policies to the > legacy registrations absent the legacy registrants' consent. We can > both find the aspirational documents surrounding ARIN's creation but > the legal documents at no point transfer to ARIN the authority to > alter the preceding grants.
Bill - Actually, the “policies by which they are managed” means precisely that - the registrations shall be managed accordingly policies developed by the community. To the extent that you have any information or historical documents that somehow imply that changed policies “would not apply”, could you please post such asap? That would represent a fairly large difference in perspective, and would imply that policies could never be changed for any existing registrations (certainly not the situation anywhere else in the Internet number registry system) Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
